The python equivalent of this shortcut may be found on github https://github.com/kittyjosh111/crypt. That version can run on anything with support for python3.

Usage

Download the shortcut. Follow the prompts given. If you want to pass in a text file to encrypt, activate Crypt from the file's share sheet.

About

This shortcut is meant to provide a sort of encryption for simple messages. Say you want to send someone a text message without someone else being able to read it. You can use this shortcut to send a string of numbers containing the message.

This shortcut was based off of the concept of OTP (One Time Pad), so each letter of message is randomly altered; this shortcut uses simple math. As I have not extensively studied encryption methods, I could be completely wrong about OTP. The shortcut seems to work anyway.

The TLDR of the mechanism:

• Split message into letters, spaces, basic punctuation

• Assign numeric value to each split item (ASCII)

• Randomly generate number as key

• Add said random key to aforementioned number

Example

For example, let's encrypt the string "hello". The shortcut will split each letter apart, creating a list of

h
e
l
l
o

Each character is then converted to ASCII, which becomes

104
101
105
105
111

For each number, a random "key" is generated, which is a random integer from 2 to 750, wihch is then added to the number in the ASCII list. If for example our keys were generated as

1
2
1
3
4

then our final encrypted message is:

104 + 1 = 105
101 + 2 = 103
105 + 1 = 106
105 + 3 = 108
111 + 4 = 115

Then the encrypted message and the key are combined with colons and exported.

encrypted message = 105:103:106:108:115
final key = 1:2:1:3:4

To decrypt, run the process in reverse.

105 - 1 = 104 = h
103 - 2 = 101 = e
106 - 1 = 105 = l
108 - 3 = 105 = l
115 - 4 = 111 = o